Environment
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State’s climate future revealed: Success is hot and failure is hotter
NSW climate modelling used by government and councils includes a low-emissions scenario for the first time alongside the more pessimistic forecast. Â
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Heat records are toppling in the northern hemisphere. What does it mean for Australia’s summer?
Temperatures have topped 50 degrees in 10 countries around the world in the past year, but Australia could experience a cooler, wetter summer.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
More babies born underweight and pre-term after floods: study
Mothers who experienced a flood during the first trimester of their pregnancy were more likely to have a pre-term or still birth.
- by Mary Ward
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Renewables
‘It’s beneficial for the sheep’: The surprising ‘win-win’ for solar panels on farms
Farmers are increasingly finding that hosting renewable projects not only provides guaranteed income, but can also offer agricultural benefits.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Climate policy
The extraordinary tale of how an oil state ended up hosting the world’s most important climate talks
This year it is the tiny petrostate of Azerbaijan, next year giant Brazil, and if the Albanese government gets its way, Australia will be next in line to host the climate Olympics.
- by Nick O'Malley
Bandicoot bandits taking a bite out of a multimillion-dollar business
The unlikely gourmands are pilfering thousands of dollars of farmed black truffles a night, but a PhD student has been working to get them to change their ways.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons